Detection engineering as a job
In a previous section, we mentioned some examples of responsibilities listed in job postings for detection engineers, which gave a high-level idea of the types of work you’d be performing as a detection engineer. Before we look in more detail at the roles and responsibilities of a detection engineer, we’re first going to discuss some related job roles and how they differ, as well as how those jobs can be used to show your experience in detection engineering when applying for jobs. While there are many sub-specialties in cyber security, we’re going to focus on a few roles that are most closely related to detection engineering in terms of the skills used:
- Security Operations Center (SOC) analyst
- Incident responder
- Threat hunter
- Threat intelligence analyst/threat researcher
All of these roles, while much different from a full-time engineering position, involve responsibilities that will either directly align...
